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Get an ITIN number in US too. Husband will need it when he file taxes and you can use that as evidence too. 

I was truthful. I basically bitched (complained) to the CBP officer that k1 will take too long, so I’m flying in to get married, apply for CR1, travel a bit and return home. He asked me about my length of stay and return flight info, which I could reply instantly. He then laughed and wished me luck with USCIS… Not all CBP officers are friendly and attitudes can be subjected by the passport you hold. 
 
Will your second trip be a connection to head home, or are you planning a second months-long vacation in US? Each entry to US will be at the mercy of the CBP officer. If you don’t find your own reasons compelling, neither will the officer. Tourist visas are meant for tourism. 

From personal experience as an ESTA visitor who got married in Vegas:
 
My USC fiancée applied for marriage license online. Different states/counties have different wait times. Once applicable, I flew into US, we flew to Vegas, went to county clerk to pick up the paperwork, and got married next day. The officiant mailed back the paperwork, we flew back and started filing up i-130 online. A week later we got an email from county clerk on how to request/pay for a physical marriage cert. Once cert is in hand, we completed/submitted the I-130, enjoyed 2 mths together and then I flew home. 
 
Sooo the short story is there is no “wait time” to marry as long as the paperwork is ready and available. You can marry on a tourist visa, however be truthful when CBP asks you about your nature of visit. Impress on him that you are aware of how immigration works, your intention to marry and depart home to await the I-130 process, also have your return flight details ready (if CBP asks). 
 
If you intend to visit your USC often while waiting the I-130 process, keep the visits short and spaced out. CBP will deny you if they think you are misusing your b1/2 visa to live in US. 
 
Congratulations on the upcoming nuptials and welcome to your CR1 journey! 

From personal experience as an ESTA visitor who got married in Vegas:
 
My USC fiancée applied for marriage license online. Different states/counties have different wait times. Once applicable, I flew into US, we flew to Vegas, went to county clerk to pick up the paperwork, and got married next day. The officiant mailed back the paperwork, we flew back and started filing up i-130 online. A week later we got an email from county clerk on how to request/pay for a physical marriage cert. Once cert is in hand, we completed/submitted the I-130, enjoyed 2 mths together and then I flew home. 
 
Sooo the short story is there is no “wait time” to marry as long as the paperwork is ready and available. You can marry on a tourist visa, however be truthful when CBP asks you about your nature of visit. Impress on him that you are aware of how immigration works, your intention to marry and depart home to await the I-130 process, also have your return flight details ready (if CBP asks). 
 
If you intend to visit your USC often while waiting the I-130 process, keep the visits short and spaced out. CBP will deny you if they think you are misusing your b1/2 visa to live in US. 
 
Congratulations on the upcoming nuptials and welcome to your CR1 journey! 

From personal experience as an ESTA visitor who got married in Vegas:
 
My USC fiancée applied for marriage license online. Different states/counties have different wait times. Once applicable, I flew into US, we flew to Vegas, went to county clerk to pick up the paperwork, and got married next day. The officiant mailed back the paperwork, we flew back and started filing up i-130 online. A week later we got an email from county clerk on how to request/pay for a physical marriage cert. Once cert is in hand, we completed/submitted the I-130, enjoyed 2 mths together and then I flew home. 
 
Sooo the short story is there is no “wait time” to marry as long as the paperwork is ready and available. You can marry on a tourist visa, however be truthful when CBP asks you about your nature of visit. Impress on him that you are aware of how immigration works, your intention to marry and depart home to await the I-130 process, also have your return flight details ready (if CBP asks). 
 
If you intend to visit your USC often while waiting the I-130 process, keep the visits short and spaced out. CBP will deny you if they think you are misusing your b1/2 visa to live in US. 
 
Congratulations on the upcoming nuptials and welcome to your CR1 journey! 

From personal experience as an ESTA visitor who got married in Vegas:
 
My USC fiancée applied for marriage license online. Different states/counties have different wait times. Once applicable, I flew into US, we flew to Vegas, went to county clerk to pick up the paperwork, and got married next day. The officiant mailed back the paperwork, we flew back and started filing up i-130 online. A week later we got an email from county clerk on how to request/pay for a physical marriage cert. Once cert is in hand, we completed/submitted the I-130, enjoyed 2 mths together and then I flew home. 
 
Sooo the short story is there is no “wait time” to marry as long as the paperwork is ready and available. You can marry on a tourist visa, however be truthful when CBP asks you about your nature of visit. Impress on him that you are aware of how immigration works, your intention to marry and depart home to await the I-130 process, also have your return flight details ready (if CBP asks). 
 
If you intend to visit your USC often while waiting the I-130 process, keep the visits short and spaced out. CBP will deny you if they think you are misusing your b1/2 visa to live in US. 
 
Congratulations on the upcoming nuptials and welcome to your CR1 journey! 

From personal experience as an ESTA visitor who got married in Vegas:
 
My USC fiancée applied for marriage license online. Different states/counties have different wait times. Once applicable, I flew into US, we flew to Vegas, went to county clerk to pick up the paperwork, and got married next day. The officiant mailed back the paperwork, we flew back and started filing up i-130 online. A week later we got an email from county clerk on how to request/pay for a physical marriage cert. Once cert is in hand, we completed/submitted the I-130, enjoyed 2 mths together and then I flew home. 
 
Sooo the short story is there is no “wait time” to marry as long as the paperwork is ready and available. You can marry on a tourist visa, however be truthful when CBP asks you about your nature of visit. Impress on him that you are aware of how immigration works, your intention to marry and depart home to await the I-130 process, also have your return flight details ready (if CBP asks). 
 
If you intend to visit your USC often while waiting the I-130 process, keep the visits short and spaced out. CBP will deny you if they think you are misusing your b1/2 visa to live in US. 
 
Congratulations on the upcoming nuptials and welcome to your CR1 journey! 

From personal experience as an ESTA visitor who got married in Vegas:
 
My USC fiancée applied for marriage license online. Different states/counties have different wait times. Once applicable, I flew into US, we flew to Vegas, went to county clerk to pick up the paperwork, and got married next day. The officiant mailed back the paperwork, we flew back and started filing up i-130 online. A week later we got an email from county clerk on how to request/pay for a physical marriage cert. Once cert is in hand, we completed/submitted the I-130, enjoyed 2 mths together and then I flew home. 
 
Sooo the short story is there is no “wait time” to marry as long as the paperwork is ready and available. You can marry on a tourist visa, however be truthful when CBP asks you about your nature of visit. Impress on him that you are aware of how immigration works, your intention to marry and depart home to await the I-130 process, also have your return flight details ready (if CBP asks). 
 
If you intend to visit your USC often while waiting the I-130 process, keep the visits short and spaced out. CBP will deny you if they think you are misusing your b1/2 visa to live in US. 
 
Congratulations on the upcoming nuptials and welcome to your CR1 journey! 

My opinion is not to bring it up.
 
When I had my I-130 (non dcf) interview last year, the CO asked what are my plans for life in the US. I guess this will be when your wife shares about job prospects awaiting her. I personally believe the CO needs to find questions to ask, so let this be their question. 
 
A possible follow up question CO might ask “what if I-130 visa is not approved”. Your wife can then share the university can offer h1b visa but she prefers I-130 as you both are married and work is secondary, hence she is going through spousal visa route first. 

Echoing @pushbrk,  I believe joint lease or account is to prove bona fide relationship, not a requirement of financial support. 
 
Meeting income criteria and proving bona fide relationship are 2 important aspects of k1, cr1/ir1 visa. There are multiple ways of proving the relationship, whereby joint lease and financial co-mingling are such examples. I suggest reading the petition form and its corresponding instructions pdf thoroughly will bring more clarity. 
 
Not advocating for either option but a reminder that if you choose the k1 visa, please bear in mind that you will not be able to work (or even remotely) in US until you obtain your EAD. This is especially crucial if you intend to depend on your income instead of your gf/fiancee or father. 
 
If marriage is not anywhere on the cards, perhaps your father should petition you and take the relationship stress away?

Original marriage cert should be kept with her as she will need to present it during the interview. You can keep a scanned version or copy for I-130 filing. 

Please leave soon and do not overstay this visit. 
 
When I had ESTA previously, I stayed for 85days, left for 6mths and came back for another 85days. I was truthful when asked in my second visit that I was planning to get married, apply for spousal visa, travel and then leave  before my 90 days as I am fully law abiding. So… be truthful, don’t overstay and show reasons why you won’t “break the law”. 

NVC will email you the interview details. Can’t remember if CEAC changed. 

We used adobe sign for both I-130 and I-864. 

People actually get RFEs and NOIDs for redacting supporting documents. It makes USCIS think you're hiding stuff from them and raises suspicion. I wouldn't do it.

We used adobe sign for both I-130 and I-864. 

Curious, will USCIS be interested in the actual deposits and withdrawals of an account? That seems intrusive. I would assume when it’s my turn, I would provide them the confirmation letter of joint bank account opening, and a few recent monthly bank statements bearing both spouses name, with the numbers blackened out. The idea is to prove a bonafide marriage, and not scrutinize how a relationship manage their money?
 
Will be following this thread for insights when I get to ROC in 2yrs. 

Part 2 is about principal immigrant, who is your wife in this instance. Hence you should input her current local address. 

It’s the same CEAC tracking site you’ve used the whole way through, only the receipt number changes. https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx
 
And they just leave both in the mailbox, no signatures required. 
 
HTH. 

Hello and congrats!
 
My understanding of DQ is such that NVC is satisfied with the documents that you’ve provided which met their needs. All other documents are good to have, subject to your embassy’s requirement, need for upload and final decision. You should refer to your embassy page for the full list of documents for the interview and medical check up. 

Don't forget civil documents too! Original marriage cert, divorce cert (if any by Petitioner or Beneficiary), police report, beneficiary birth cert. Based on what I've read on VJ, no harm gathering vaccination records into the file too. You might not want to spend time searching for them post baby's arrival.

Still struggling? Perhaps you can pre-populate the "answers" on a Word document and then "copy paste" it unto CEAC for a faster entry when saving. The sample DS260 can be found at https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/DS-260-Exemplar.pdf

Filed I-130 online. Received NVC case creation email about 4 days after approval. Both Petitioner and Beneficiary received the same email.

Go to Emma, the chat bot on uscis website and request Live Agent. You’ll be instructed to provide petitioner info and your case number, IOExxxxx. Once connected to an agent, ask which processing center is your case located now. 

Congrats! Both will get the email. The address should be: national_visa_center@state.gov and subject: Notice of Immigration Visa Case Creation.